aaj kal
19.10
— 24.11
aaj kal
'aaj kal' is the last iteration of three seminal exhibitions by Tāmaki Makarau based artists, brunelle dias, Gitanjali Bhatt, Rhea Maheshwari, Tarika Sabherwal and Tiffany Singh in collaboration with Sudi Dargipour.
'aaj kal' literally translating to “today, tomorrow/ yesterday”, is a colloquial hindi and urdu phrase that might be interpreted in English as the phrase ‘these days’.
Within and through their work, these five artists are collectively guided by a sense of movement and time. They invite the viewers into their personal reflections of their connection to place, specifically to Aotearoa, reminiscences of passed-down knowledge and spiritual epiphanies.
Like an ode to having a friend over for chai, where conversations seem to have no beginning or end, aaj kal evokes the simple pleasure of being here with good company.
The Artists
- Gitanjali Bhatt
- Rhea Maheshwari
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Tarika Sabherwal
Tarika Sabherwal
Tāmaki MakaurauTarika Sabherwal explores ways to narrativise personal relationships and landscapes within a South Asian mythological framework.
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(b. 1995, Kolkata) - Tiffany Singh
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brunelle dias
brunelle dias
Tāmaki Makauraubrunelle dias is interested in the intimacy between figure and ground and the interconnection between past and present.
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(b. 1998, Mumbai)
Gitanjali Bhatt
Tāmaki Makaurau
Gitanjali Bhatt's reobserves landscape through nonsensical videos and invented filming apparatusses to test ways to observe and re-orientate how we perceive our surroundings.
(b. 1999, London)
Rhea Maheshwari
Tāmaki Makaurau
Rhea Maheshwari's paintings are relational tapestries that symbolise a meditative liminal space between the East and West.
(b. 1993, Mumbai)
Tarika Sabherwal
Tāmaki Makaurau
Tarika Sabherwal explores ways to narrativise personal relationships and landscapes within a South Asian mythological framework.
(b. 1995, Kolkata)
Tiffany Singh
London
Tiffany Singh's practice explores the intersectionality of arts and subjective well-being within a social practice methodology, with research and installation focused on memory, inequality and social responsibility.
(b. 1978, Aotearoa)
brunelle dias
Tāmaki Makaurau
brunelle dias is interested in the intimacy between figure and ground and the interconnection between past and present.
(b. 1998, Mumbai)
Photo credit Owen Spargo
Lands of Spice and Honey, Tiffany Singh
More about this artworkHimalayas salt, turmeric, black pepper, tea, flowers, Mānuka honey, aluminum. Fibre artwork in collaboration with the Siddi community of Karnataka, torch
Prose by brunelle dias
Various dimensions
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
aaj kal Installation View, Tarika Sabherwal, Rhea Maheshwari, Gitanjali Bhatt, brunelle dias
More about this artworkbrunelle dias
girl, so confusing
Oil on canvas
800mm x 800mm
2024
brunelle dias
who moved my cheese?
Oil on canvas
800mm x 800mm
2024
Rhea Maheshwari
Flower bed
Acrylic on canvas
300mm x 230mm
2024
Gitanjali Bhatt
duct-taped field survey
Multi-media installation.
Found tyres, found wood, duct-
tape, twine, video, audio.
Video duration: 8.40 mins
2024
Rhea Maheshwari
Stillness
Acrylic on canvas
300mm x 230mm
2024
Rhea Maheshwari
Amor Armour
Acrylic on canvas
1600mm x 1380mm
2024
Tarika Sabherwal
Sharing a wing
Acrylic on canvas
305mm x 305mm
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
duct-taped field survey, Gitanjali Bhatt
More about this artworkMulti-media installation.
Found tyres, found wood, duct-tape, twine, video, audio.
Video duration: 8.40 mins
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
aaj kal Installation view, Rhea Maheshwari, brunelle dias
More about this artworkbrunelle dias
girl, so confusing
Oil on canvas
800mm x 800mm
2024
brunelle dias
who moved my cheese?
Oil on canvas
800mm x 800mm
2024
Rhea Maheshwari
Flower bed
Acrylic on canvas
300mm x 230mm
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
aaj kal Installation View, Rhea Maheshwari, Gitanjali Bhatt
More about this artworkRhea Maheshwari
Flower bed
Acrylic on canvas
300mm x 230mm
2024
Gitanjali Bhatt
duct-taped field survey
Multi-media installation.
Found tyres, found wood, duct-
tape, twine, video, audio.
Video duration: 8.40 mins
2024
Photo Credit Briana Lawrence
Lands of Spice and Honey, Tiffany Singh
More about this artworkHimalayas salt, turmeric, black pepper, tea, flowers, Mānuka honey, aluminum. Fibre artwork in collaboration with the Siddi community of Karnataka, torch
Prose by brunelle dias
Various dimensions
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
Photo credit Owen Spargo
Lands of Spice and Honey - detail, Tiffany Singh
More about this artworkHimalayas salt, turmeric, black pepper, tea, flowers, Mānuka honey, aluminum. Fibre artwork in collaboration with the Siddi community of Karnataka, torch
Prose by brunelle dias
Various dimensions
2024
Photo Credit Owen Spargo
Photo Credit Owen Spargo